GenevaLunch » Jean-Pierre Roth http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Nestlé pleased with 2009 results http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/21/nestle-pleased-with-2009-results/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/21/nestle-pleased-with-2009-results/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:04:23 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=37496 GenevaLunch.com Vevey, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Nestlé’s financial results for 2009 were broadly positive in a difficult year, prompting its CEO, Paul Bulcke, to say “we were able to grow substantially faster than our industry.” The giant food company increased profit margins, reduced costs, and invested more in marketing and research & development in 2009. Group sales [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/21/nestle-pleased-with-2009-results/feed/ 0 Swatch upbeat for 2010 as 2009 losses show market share gained http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/swatch-upbeat-for-2010-as-2009-losses-show-market-share-gained/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/swatch-upbeat-for-2010-as-2009-losses-show-market-share-gained/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=36793 GenevaLunch.com Update (link added)  Biel-Bienne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Gross sales in 2009 were down 6.3 percent for the Swatch Group, which 9 February published audited figures in advance of its March annual meeting, but it gained significant market share. The group notes that the overall sales figure for the Swiss Watch Federation were down 21.3 percent. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/09/swatch-upbeat-for-2010-as-2009-losses-show-market-share-gained/feed/ 1 Swiss central banker argues for tougher regulations http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:14:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=31873 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The incoming head of the Swiss National Bank, Philipp Hildebrand, says Switzerland needs tighter banking regulations than most countries, due to its size relative to the country’s economy. Total banking assets exceed seven times Switzerland’s GDP, he notes, and they are very concentrated, with the two big banks, Credit Suisse and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/19/swiss-central-banker-argues-for-tougher-regulations/feed/ 0 Hildebrand takes on top job at Swiss central bank http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/09/hildebrand-takes-on-top-job-at-swiss-central-bank/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/09/hildebrand-takes-on-top-job-at-swiss-central-bank/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:09:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=14932 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Philipp Hildrebrand, age 46, 8 April was named chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), effective 2010, taking charge at that point of the SNB’s Department I, with responsibility for economic affairs, international affairs, legal and property services, and support functions. He will take over from Jean-Pierre [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/04/09/hildebrand-takes-on-top-job-at-swiss-central-bank/feed/ 1 Swiss National Bank chairman Roth to retire http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/27/swiss-national-bank-chairman-roth-to-retire/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/02/27/swiss-national-bank-chairman-roth-to-retire/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:30:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=12888 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Jean-Pierre Roth, who has been chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank since January 2001, has announced his retirement at the end of 2009. He joined the SNB nearly 30 years ago, and he has been a member of its Governing Board since May 1996. According to Le [...]

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